Afghan's Fired Ambassador to US Isn't Going Home
Oct 18th 2010 – 3:42 PM
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(Oct. 18) -- Afghanistan's long-time ambassador to Washington, summarily fired last month amid controversy in Kabul, told The Huffington Post that he won't return to his native country but will seek...
Blackwater Remnant Gets Piece of State Dept. Contract
Oct 1st 2010 – 4:00 PM
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(Oct. 1) -- It was a taste for indiscriminate force that got the private security firm Blackwater into deep trouble with the U.S. and Iraqi governments, especially after its guards killed 17...
Iran's 'Blogfather' Sentenced to Long Prison Term
Sep 29th 2010 – 11:48 AM
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(Sept. 29) -- Iran sentenced a Canadian-Iranian blogger known as the Blogfather to 19 and a half years in prison and reportedly told his family they should be happy he was not sentenced to death....
Spain's Supreme Court to Examine Abortion Law
Jun 30th 2010 – 10:40 AM
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(June 30) -- Just days before Spain's new liberal abortion law was to go into effect, the country's highest court has agreed to hear a challenge to its constitutionality from the opposition...
At Loggerheads: Karzai and the White House
Apr 6th 2010 – 6:12 PM
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(April 6) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today pointedly avoided calling Hamid Karzai an ally of the United States and suggested that his invitation to Washington on May 12 will depend on...
Canada Breathes Golden Sigh of Relief
Feb 15th 2010 – 12:35 PM
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(Feb. 15) -- Breaking a dry spell that started at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada finally landed its first gold medal on home soil Sunday when Montrealer Alexandre Bilodeau skied to...
Amid American Malaise, Canada Envy Returns
Feb 3rd 2010 – 4:44 PM
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(Feb. 3) -- When political acrimony and dysfunction crescendo in the United States, Americans of a certain persuasion tend to look longingly at the relative calm and order they perceive across its...
Clinton Offers Surprise Deal at Climate Conference
Dec 17th 2009 – 11:48 AM
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(Dec. 17) -- With the clock winding down and the hosts of the Copenhagen climate conference reportedly abandoning hope of a deal, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a possibly...
Cap-and-Trade Model Loses Billions to Fraud
Dec 10th 2009 – 7:44 PM
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(Dec. 10) -- As negotiators grapple in Copenhagen over a global scheme to curtail carbon emissions, Europe's own iteration was revealed as an easy mark for organized crime. The development could lend...
Iran Blasted for Human Rights and Academic Abuses
Dec 10th 2009 – 3:04 PM
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(Dec. 10) -- Amnesty International accused Iranian authorities Thursday of perpetrating the worst human rights abuses in more than 20 years as they try to tamp down broad dissent following President...
Obama's Iran Strategy Hits Great Wall of China
Nov 18th 2009 – 4:30 PM
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(Nov. 18) -- The Obama administration's shot at a win-win stratagem for reining in Iran's nuclear program looks more doomed than ever this week, raising doubts that sanctions against the country can...
Does Karzai's Corruption Offer Obama an Out?
Nov 12th 2009 – 6:51 PM
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(Nov. 12) -- He was once, if too briefly, a hero. But now Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been cast in the role of spoiler as President Barack Obama mulls over a list of unpalatable options for...
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